The FIFA Council accepted a Palestinian Football Association (PFA) petition on Thursday, announcing that it is investigating alleged human rights violations and discrimination within the Israel Football Association. As part of the investigation, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee will explore allegations of discrimination raised by the PFA, whereas the FIFA Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee has [...]

The US Supreme Court denied a request on Friday to place a hold on a lower court’s decision upholding two EPA rules while the decisions are under appeal. The denial means that the EPA rules must be followed until the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decides the cases. The first [...]

Eighty Pakistan police officers were injured in a protest rally held by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the arbitrary detention of ex-prime minister Imran Khan, according to statements made by Interior Minister Moshin Navqi. The rally was held Saturday, converging on Islamabad’s D Chowk plaza. Navqi said that the protesters, led by the chief minister [...]

The leader of Hungary’s largest opposition party, Péter Magyar, organized a protest in Budapest on Saturday at the headquarters of the country’s public broadcaster (MTVA) against the government’s influence over media in Hungary. The organizers, including many followers of Magyar’s Tisza party, played an audio recording and a documentary which alleged that journalists were threatened [...]

A Russian prosecutor on Saturday requested a seven-year prison sentence for a 72-year-old US man accused of working as a mercenary for Ukraine, according to Interfax. The Moscow City Court is holding proceedings in the criminal case of Stefan Hubbard, who allegedly engaged in combat alongside the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) against the Russian [...]

The head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, arrived in Lebanon on Saturday in an effort to express solidarity and bring awareness to alleged breaches of humanitarian law that include Israel’s targeting of medical facilities and displacement of civilians. Imran Riza, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, expressed serious concern [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking to public broadcaster France Inter on Saturday, announced that France should no longer deliver weapons to Israel and urged other countries to halt arms deliveries to Israel, citing the escalation of its attacks in Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rebuked Macron for the proposed arms embargo, noting that [...]

The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil announced on Friday that social media platform X (formerly Twitter) must wait for the fine paid to the wrong government bank account to be transferred to the correct account before the court can lift an order that blocks the platform from Brazil. On Friday, X submitted a petition [...]

A gang attack in Haiti resulted in the deaths of at least 70 people in Pont-Sonde on Thursday, amid an alarming rise in gang violence in rural areas raising concerns about a lack of law and order in a country that is already grappling with profound humanitarian crises. The Gran Grif gang, responsible for this [...]

The UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect unveiled a groundbreaking methodology aimed at monitoring social media platforms on Friday. The initiative, backed by the UK Permanent Mission to the United Nations, marks a strategic effort to address hate speech while respecting international human rights standards. Titled “A Comprehensive Methodology for Monitoring [...]